Regional distribution of the anticonvulsant and behavioural effects of bicuculline injected into the pontine reticular formation of rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1875-1884

  Shehab, Safa ^a   Guadagno, Joseph ^a   Ferguson, Karen ^a   Redgrave, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Locomotion; Maximal electroshock; Pons; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 0030962814     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb00754.x     Document Type: Article

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